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Trita Parsi talks about his book, Treacherous Alliance, which details the complicated political dealings of Iran, Israel, and the United States in the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s. Most of us forget how closely aligned Israel and Iran were before Bush Jr. and Obama's "redirection," after which Iran is seen as the ultimate evil power in the Middle East.

Discussed on the show:

Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States

Alliance of the periphery

Iran–Contra affair

"The Redirection" (The New Yorker)

Trita Parsi is the president of the National Iranian American Council and the author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy. Parsi is the recipient of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Follow him on Twitter @tparsi.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Sheldon Richman joins the show for part three of his series on the FDA’s increasingly domineering control of tobacco products. Check out parts 1 and 2.

Discussed on the show:

"TGIF: The FDA's Assault on Tobacco Consumers, Part 3" (The Libertarian Institute)

"1/25/19 Sheldon Richman on the FDA's War on Tobacco" (The Libertarian Institute)

"2/1/19 Sheldon Richman on the FDA's War on Tobacco, Part 2" (The Libertarian Institute)

hobbynothabit.blog

"Brazil (1985)" (IMDb)

Sheldon Richman is the executive editor of the Libertarian Institute and the author of America’s Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited. Follow him on Twitter @SheldonRichman.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Muhammad Sahimi talks about the delicate state of Iranian politics and the necessity of avoiding war there.

Discussed on the show:

"Pompeo, Bolton, And Iran’s “Fake Opposition”" (LobeLog)

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Going to Tehran: Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran

Mohammad Sahimi is a professor of chemical engineering at USC, Iranian expatriate, and expert on Iranian and U.S. foreign policy.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Philip Weiss talks about the opposing camps of the democratic party, one that's close with the zionist Israel lobby, and the other, younger one that views the plight of the Palestinians as a civil rights issue echoing America's own. Most American Jews support a two state solution and equal rights for Palestinians, says Weiss, so it may be hard for liberal zionists to continue winning political support in the future.

Discussed on the show:

"Pay No Attention to Tlaib and Omar, says Pelosi - But She Does" (Mondoweiss)

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

"Time to Break the Silence on Palestine" (The New York Times)

Philip Weiss is the long-time editor of Mondoweiss.net. Follow him on Twitter @PhilWeiss.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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David Stockman joins the show to talk about his new book, Peak Trump: The Undrainable Swamp And The Fantasy of MAGA. Stockman explains how the U.S. has painted itself into a corner with both its unwinnable wars in the middle east, and its unsustainable fiscal and monetary policy at home. Sooner or later, he says, Americans are going to pay the price for all of this.

Discussed on the show:

Peak Trump: The Undrainable Swamp And The Fantasy Of MAGA

Iran–Contra affair

"The Skeptics" (The National Interest)

Atlantic Council

"Keynesian Myths, Monetary Central Planning and The Triumph of The Warfare State – Part 2" (Contra Corner)

David Stockman is the ultimate Washington insider turned iconoclast. He began his career in Washington as a young man and quickly rose through the ranks of the Republican Party to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan. After leaving the White House, Stockman had a 20-year career on Wall Street. He is the author of Trumped!, The Triumph of Politics, and his history of the financial crisis, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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On FPF #308, Mike Maharrey returns to the show to talk about fighting the empire from within. Mike explains how his work at the Tenth Amendment Center has worked to fight access military weapons from going to local police forces. Mike discusses why passing Defend the Guard laws on a state level can help to end wars overseas. He is also working to prevent the US from engaging in torture with state laws.

Mike Maharrey is the author of Our Last Hope. He is the host of the Thoughts from Maharrey Head podcast and the Friday Gold Wrap. Mike is the managing editor at Schiff Gold and the communications director at The Tenth Amendment Center. 

Links

FPF #134 - Mike Maharrey

Tenth Amendment Center sample legislation

Mike Maharrey's: [email protected]

The Intercept's Jon Schwarz joins the show to talk about Elliott Abrams, President Trump's new pick as special envoy to Venezuela. Abrams comes from a long line of neocons with a history of supporting regime change, often resulting in massive civilian casualties and billions of U.S. dollars going to support human rights abusers beyond our borders. Schwarz fears Abrams has the same plan in mind for Venezuela.

Discussed on the show:

"Elliott Abrams Isn’t Going to Bring “Democracy” to Venezuela" (The Intercept)

Iran–Contra affair

"All in the Neocon Family" (AlterNet)

1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

Oslo Accords

Jon Schwarz is a writer for The Intercept, and has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, “Saturday Night Live,” and many others. Find him on his blog, A Tiny Revolution, or on Twitter @schwarz.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Sheldon Richman comes on the show for part two of his series on the FDA's recent moves to control tobacco products even more tightly. Not only is the agency allowed to regulate all products containing tobacco, they can now determine what constitutes a "tobacco product," extending the definition to include things like pipes and non-tobacco nicotine replacements. Clearly, says Richman, this isn't actually about getting people to stop smoking, because if they wanted that, they would embrace safer products like e-cigarettes instead of trying to ban them.

Discussed on the show:

"TGIF: The FDA's Assault on Tobacco Consumers, Part 2" (The Libertarian Institute)

A Hobby, Not A Habit – Meditations on Pipe Smoking

The Strange Career of Marihuana: Politics and Ideology of Drug Control in America

Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers

"Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act" (FDA)

Death of Eric Garner

"Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication Of Moral Liberty" (The Anarchist Library)

Ruby Ridge

Waco siege

Sheldon Richman is the executive editor of the Libertarian Institute and the author of America’s Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited. Follow him on Twitter @SheldonRichman.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Eric Margolis joins the show to talk about President Trump's apparent intentions to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. This idea has met with a surprising amount of pushback—somehow ending the war is seen as more shameful than the war itself. Scott and Margolis fear that no matter when the America leaves, whoever is responsible will get blamed for the inevitable chaos that ensues, just like Obama was blamed for removing troops from Iraq. There is no solution to this problem, says Margolis, other than staying in Afghanistan forever.

Discussed on the show:

"America's Shameful War" (The Unz Review)

"US Senate Criticizes Trump's Plan to Withdraw Troops from Syria, Afghanistan" (Voice of Americal)

Freedom House

"Life under the Taliban shadow government" (Overseas Development Institute (ODI))

Eric Margolis is a foreign affairs correspondent and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj. Follow him on Twitter @EricMargolis and visit his website, ericmargolis.com.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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On FPF #307, I discuss the intelligence community's assessment that Russia and China are the biggest threats to the US. I breakdown the alleged areas of conflict between the American people and Great Power Rivals. I also update recent events in Venezuela.

Links

Gareth Porter - Threat Assessment

Scott Horton Show - Greg Palast

Moon of Alabama - Venezuela

Eric Margolis - China